Sir Alasdair Fraser, Director of Public Prosecutions, James Scholes, Senior Assistant Director and Ian Hearst, Assistant Director, Public Prosecution Service for Northern Ireland

2.30 pm (approx):

The Northern Ireland Affairs Committee is conducting a broad inquiry into the administration of policing and the criminal justice system in Northern Ireland. The first phase of this inquiry will focus on two specific areas of current concern:

 The financial and operational consequences for the Police Service Northern Ireland of servicing the various ‘historic inquiries’ into past events in Northern Ireland; and

 The effect on the ability of the Police Service Northern Ireland to bring accused persons to trial of provisions in the Inquiries Act 2005 and in other legislation requiring the police to divulge information which might identify a covert source

The Committee regrets that it is unable to investigate individual cases in the course of the inquiry.

Specific Committee Information: The Committee intends to publish the transcript of these meetings on its Homepage approximately two weeks after the meeting. For further information about the work of the Committee, please contact Duma Langton, Assistant to the Committee, on 020 7219 2173 or e-mail [email protected]